He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI intend to make Georgia howl.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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War is hell.
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You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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